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The Bitola-based Basic Public Prosecutor’s Office (BPPO) decided to press no charges against the doctors in the Bitola hospital that treated Jana Hristovska (6), who passed away on 22 March 2023 after being rushed to the hospital with fever and cold symptoms. From BPPO they state that they did not find any indications or elements of doctor’s error or negligence ...

The Democratic Union (DU) published a press release in which they claim that Justice Minister Krenar Lloga has abused his official position by implementing a new Rulebook for Management of Civil Registries, which introduce in personal documents a graph for ethnicity of the citizen that holds them. “The declaration of nationality and ethnicity is a fundamental human right, which cannot ...

The US Department of State reached a decision to make Struga Mayor Ramiz Merko generally ineligible for entry in the US. The official decision of the Department of State reads that while serving as Struga’s mayor, Merko misappropriated funds and interfered with judicial and other public processes, damaging the public’s faith in North Macedonia’s democratic institutions and officials. The Department ...

Rapporteur for North Macedonia in the European Parliament, MEP Ilhan Kyuchyuk requested from the Parliament to postpone the voting over the latest report for the progress of North Macedonia. “I am convinced that in the upcoming period before the voting for the report will be a serious test for the European aspirations of North Macedonia, especially concerning the adoption of ...

PM Dimitar Kovacevski said that the initiative for constitutional changes will not be debated by the government at the session scheduled for Tuesday. On Monday, Justice Minister Krenar Lloga said that the initiative is expected to be adopted by the government during the Tuesday session. “The initiative for constitutional changes will be included in the daily agenda at some of ...

PM Dimitar Kovacevski refused to comment on the latest statements by Bulgarian president Rumen Radev concerning the resolution the German Bundestag adopted in support of the EU integration of North Macedonia and protection of the Macedonian language and identity. Radev said earlier, commenting on the resolution, that North Macedonia failed to learn the its lessons, and that it lobbies with ...

The Presidential Centre for Political Education, in cooperation with the Metamorphosis Foundation, organised in Skopje a conference titled “Building social resistance to negative effects from disinformation in North Macedonia”, which featured as panellists President Stevo Pendarovski and Dutch Ambassador Dirk Jan Kop. President Pendarovski said that no one is immune to disinformation, and that it is of crucial importance for ...

The Institute for Macedonian Language Krste Petkov Misirkov marked on Tuesday the 70 th anniversary of its establishment. PM Dimitar Kovacevski attended and addressed the event, saying that Macedonian has already become part of the family of EU languages. “Today we witness the translation of the entire EU legislative into Macedonian language. Besides this, the negotiation framework for our accession ...

Traffic on state roads runs smoothly, on dry roads. At certain roads going through ravines, minor rockslides are possible. The MAKEDONIJAPAT PE calls for careful driving and adjustment of the speed to the conditions of the road. The MAKEDONIJAPAT PE’s on-call teams are constantly on- site and keep all roads passable.

Traffic on state roads runs smoothly, on dry roads. At certain roads going through ravines, minor rockslides are possible. The MAKEDONIJAPAT PE calls for careful driving and adjustment of the speed to the conditions of the road. The MAKEDONIJAPAT PE’s on-call teams are constantly on- site and keep all roads passable.